Y/n used to have a future. Once upon a time, there were dreams of stages, spotlights, and cheers - until a single injury shattered all of it. Now? She's barely hanging onto college, drowning in grades, and doing her best to push the world away before it leaves her first. Jean Kirstein wasn't supposed to stick around. Annoying, persistent, and impossible to shake, he shows up when Y/n least wants anyone to. But sometimes the wrong people slip through the cracks, and sometimes the heart can't tell the difference between a lifeline and a hook. This isn't just a love story. This is a story about a boy who let the light in a girl's dark world, flickering where she never thought it could glow again.

[STORY UNDER HEAVY EDITING] "Teach me how to do that," He panted breathlessly as his bat lay against his shoulder. "In return, I'll get you your scholarship." "You know how much I hate baseball." "I know," he says, leaving his bat against a bench- stepping in closer to you. "But there's no denying how good you are at it whether you hate it or not. One might think you're a professional just by the way you hold that bat. You need the money, so this is your best bet." "By joining the team?" "You won't be alone." he states, "You've got a fellow athlete as your guide. How bad can things get?" Disclaimer: Art is NOT mine. Credit to: @aot_jk Highest Rankings: #3 for JeanKirschtein: 08-14-2021 #5 for JeanKirschtein : 08-10-2021 #6 for Jean: 06-27-2021 #1 for Kirstein: 09-11-2021 #2 for Kirstein: 09-10-2021 #4 for Kirstein 06-09-2021 Updated: 02-08-2022 (STORY UNDER HEAVY EDITING)

[Jean Kirstein x Reader] College AU ╔══ ❀•°❀°•❀ ══╗ For twelve long years, she has fought against Jean Kirstein, the brilliant, insufferable academic rival who seems to always be one step ahead. Their rivalry is a quiet storm, the kind that brews in classrooms and library corners, sharp words and silent glances exchanged across chalkboards. She has never needed anyone, least of all him, until now. Desperate to pass Calculus, a subject she has long avoided, she swallows her pride and turns to him for help. It's not easy, surrendering to a man who knows her every weakness, her every flaw, and yet, as they spend late nights in the glow of desk lamps, something shifts between them. In the space between lessons and equations, an unexpected friendship is born-fragile at first, like the delicate curve of an unsolved formula. But as the days pass, it grows, complicated and tender, until the lines between competition and affection blur. [Caution] Drugs, smoking, cursing, ect

{Jean Kirstein x Fem! Reader} The artwork in this fanfic's book cover isn't mine. Credits to the rightful owner. [Slow Burn] Disclaimer: I do not own any of the attack on titan characters. The original plot of Attack on Titan and its characters are rightfully owned by Mr. Hajime Isayama. I do not make any profit from writing this story. Also, this story will follow the manga's storyline from season 1 to season 3. Please bear with any grammatical errors, typographical errors and wrong spellings for English is not my first language and I only use my phone for writing. Take note!!! That there won't be any sexual content in this book since Y/n and Jean are both minors. Synopsis: You have always felt something special for your best friend, Jean. You know to yourself that it's a feeling of love and care that you feel towards him. A romantic emotion. But you are too afraid to tell him about it, because you two are best friends. He treats you like his family, his little sister, and of course, his best friend. You are scared to tell him about how you feel because he only thinks of you that way. You're scared of rejection and being heart broken. But you didn't even confess yet when you felt rejected and heart broken already after following Jean to the training corps decided to join him in his dream of becoming a military police, to stay by his side and protect him...only for him to have a crush on a girl who obviously likes someone else. At that moment, you already felt rejected and heartbroken, because he already likes someone else.

you've been living with your best friend sasha in your dream apartment for a while now. You live your life normally like everyone else, until one day he came into your life and turned it upside down. You want to know if he thinks the same way as you do. !Warnings! -Alcohol -smoking -smut content -cursing

𝗸𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝗷𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝘅 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗚𝗘 𝗔𝗨 "𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘤 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘦...𝘪𝘮 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶" in which two 3rd year college students who are in the same friend circle go from having a charged yet tentative relationship to something bordering on emotional intimacy so quiet and slow it feels like breathing. Constant, unnoticed by others, but impossibly heavy between them. how? because of a walk home. warnings//mature language, drug & alcohol use, nsfw, family issues, abuse, violence, mental health, suicide, self harm, eating disorders, relationship problems, and more cross-posted on ao3 : ymirsonly

𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐞 ─┈ In desperate search of solace, wearing two losses on your hands like thick textured gloves, you arrive at Trost State University in an attempt to live out a dream you once shared with someone dear. There, eating off the bone of sheer chance, your present is greeted by your past, and you find your life intertwining with a group of close-knit friends. Lingering in their shadows, close behind, is an art student named Jean Kirstein, with a cold exterior, heavy-bagged eyes, and unpredictable behavior. It's not long before your heads clash, but what happens when your hearts begin to do the same? 𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧 aot college au. 18+. dark content. check all trigger warnings. intended only for mature audiences. read at your own risk. an absolute slow burn so if you're gonna complain, don't read!! i am not accepting translations!! cover art credit - bearbrickjia ☆﹕ good rankings﹒✷︵ #1 jeankirstein 1.16.24 #1 shingeki 8.12.24 #1 jeanxreader 3.5.25 #1 attackontitanfanfiction 3.12.25 #1 jean 5.1.25 #1 college au 8.24.25 ෆ